Question

the population of a town increased from 3450 in 2006 to 5700 in 2012. find the absolute and relative (percent) increase. absolute increase: relative increase:

Answer 1

The absolute difference is 1050

The relative percentage is 32.3076%

Explanation:

We are given

The population of a town increased from 3,250 in 2008 to 4,300 in 2010

In 2008:

In 2010:

Absolute difference:

we know that

absolute difference =

absolute difference =

absolute difference is 1050

Relative increase:

we know that

Relative percentage is

now, we can plug values

=32.3076

So, the relative percentage is 32.3076%